Keir Starmer looked upbeat as he addressed reporters on Friday morning after the party’s solid performance in the Wakefield byelection. After a rocky fortnight in which he scolded the shadow cabinet for briefing the press that he was boring, Starmer’s team believe the 12.7% swing will calm nerves and show their steady-as-she-goes strategy is working.
“What’s important is that we can now talk about the fact that getting Labour into government under Keir is a one-term project,” said a Labour source.
